Forecasters believe the freezing temperatures could cause surface moisture that remains in the area to freeze; causing slick roads and dangerous conditions.
Terry Sheridan reports
Drivers are warned to slow down and watch for black ice build-up. Sidewalks were still slushy Tuesday and many crosswalks were still snowpacked. Commuters are warned to watch their step on train platforms and sidewalks.
John Montone reports
Monday's storm crippled air travel, snarled commutes and prompted the nation's largest public school district to declare a rare snow day.
The AccuWeather forecast calls for a high temperature of 24 degrees today, but it will drop again tonight to a low of 13 degrees. Tomorrow expect a high of only 32 degrees with a slight warm-up in the afternoon.
Thursday is expected to be milder with a mixture of clouds and sunshine with a high of 42 degrees.
On Monday, Mayor Bloomberg's administration decided relatively late, 5:39 a.m., to call the snow day for its 1.1 million public school students. This decision prompted a last-minute scramble for many parents and teachers, some of whom said they were not even aware that school was canceled.
It is a rare day that snow disrupts business in the nation's largest public school district, the last time was Jan. 28, 2004.
Ann Garbie, a parent coordinator at an elementary school in Staten Island, recalled at least one school closing years ago that was announced the night before. This time, she said, "it was very short notice.''
Bloomberg, who has little patience for anyone who complains, threw political caution to the wind and tartly suggested that families and teachers who didn't think to check on school closings by calling the city's 311 hot line might benefit from an extra lesson or two.
"If you got up this morning, looked outside, and the question didn't come to you right away, 'Hmm, I wonder whether or not school is going to be open today,' and you didn't know enough to call 311, I would suggest another day in school's probably a good idea,'' the mayor said at a midday snow briefing.
The call came so late Monday that school buses were already starting out on their routes. Officials said no students had been picked up yet.
The storm dumped up to a foot of snow on the metropolitan area, and wind gusts triggered drifting in some spots.
More than 900 flights were canceled, a majority of all flights at Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia airports, according to the Port Authority. Travelers were urged to call their carriers.
About 8 inches of snow was recorded at Central Park
On eastern Long Island, the Town of Southampton declared a snow emergency while coping with more than a foot of the stuff. Town supervisor Linda Kabot said the wind was creating 2 foot drifts on some highways.
Police said the icy roads in Greenlawn, Long Island, caused an accident that killed a Huntington motorist Sunday night, at the start of the snowstorm.
Police also confirm an 87-year-old woman was found dead on the roof of a senior citizens center in East Orange, N.J. The woman was known to wander and suffered from dementia, police said.
Another woman was found dead outside her home her Massapequa home. Police say the body of 72-year-old Marian Krauss was found in winter clothing in the side yard of her home by a snow remover Monday afternoon.
Police say no criminality is suspected, however authorites have not yet determined a cause of death
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